Marine railway.



fR. o. GALLINGER.

MARINE RAILWAY. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1911.V

'Patented May 28, 1912.

- 25 y v l Referring to the drawings, the numeral situations `Where the traflicor where the be hereinafter described and claimed.

p embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isl a verti ycal sectional view'hof the drum which is eme ployed. ,for winding up or paying out the proximity lto 'one orlthe other` ofthe afore- 7 i l To aZwL-om t mag/concern) I :especially designed to afford improvedA v'laid the rails 14 of a track of carriage throughlthe instrumentality of a 'reversible electric'inotor s 15 upon the care riage which 'is operativelyy connected tothe lfixedly secured to k'the ends of the respective ROBERT OL GALLINGER, 0F SEATTLE, W'ASHING'JLON.y

MARINE RAILWAY.

1,027,720. y y Y Application ined Novembei Be it known that I, ROBERT O. GALLINGER, a citizen of" theUnit`ed States, residing at- Seattle, in the county -of King and State of- IVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Marine Railways, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railways, and is means for transportation of railway carsacross rivers, bays, etc., and particularlyin construction of a bridge thereover would interfere with the water` cost of building such a structurewould b e prohibitive. K' a The invention .consists in the novel constructionand combination of devices, as will In the yaccompanying drawings, Figure l I 1s a View., Hillside. elevation of a car transfer electrical :cable when the carriage is'operative., f

vdesignates a wharf orfpieratone side of a body '0f `water,` and 5 a corresponding structure at the other side. Railway tracks 6 and 6 are laid;l upon the vrespective piers. Be tween the 'pier ends and at adistan'ce below the surface of the water` sufficient to allow vessels to'pass thereover'isla track 7 which is supported upon a rigid foundation' which may be comprisedof track-ties 8 laid `upon stringersi). of cappieces 10 of ydriven piles Provided for'such submerged track is. a carriage comprising a frame 12 mounted upon ,the axlesofanged car wheels 13l and surmounted' by a platform 12 upon which is alengthto be i juxtaposed 'with fthe rails of tracksV 6 or 6 when the carriage hasvbeen moved into close said piers. l'-'lLocomotion" is provided tov `the axles ofthe car wheelsf 13:-` Such connections desirably consist of bevel gear lwheels 16l axlesiand Vdi'riven-from bevelfpinions 17 f mounted on a line shaft 18 which, in turn, is driven from an uprigjleidt shaft 19 through the a ency of a pair ofy vel gear wheels 20.

Specicationof Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 19.11. seriaiNo. 660,479.' y

of gear Wheels 21 from a shaft 22 and the latter is driven from the motor armatureshaft as by a belt 23 passing about pulleys 15 and'22 upon these shaft-s. "TheI electric current to furnish powerto'actuate thev motor is derived from any suitable'source and istransinitted by insulated circuit wires i and extending through a cable 24 which is. wound about a drum Y25 rotatable upon a shaft 25 positioned on the carriage. The ends of thecircuit wires at the carriage are connectedito terminal rings 26 and 2G (Fig.'2`)' secured to the outsidegof the drum web'25. and make electrical connection with said'motor lby conductor wires 27 Aand 2S vthrough brushes' 27 and28 in continuous Contact with therings 26 and 26. i

In the drawings, I show diagrannnati .cally a bipolar switch 29 which is adapted for controlling the motor circuit, but it is to be understood that other circuit breaking and connecting switches may be utilized for Athe purposes of this invention;

In Athe vtravel of the carriage from the pier 5 in the -example,

by 5", the cable 24 is wound upon the drum to the pier designated.

25 and whenthe carriage is goingk in' the contrary direction the cable is unwound fi'ointhe drinn.

,To rotate thedrum to' aci coinplish these ends, there is provided a rope 30 fastened at its ends to some stationarv.

objects as, for instance, to the piles 5 and o ofthe piers track upon -which the .carriage travels. From the abovekinentioned pier pilesthe `rope passes about guide sheaves Slsupon the carriage andi-hence is led'by peripheral grooves provided in 'the drum about. th'e lati,

ter. y suoli rope connections it is appar-` and in alin'ement'with the y ent that the 'drum will. be rotated in one circular direction 'or the other to ywind up or .pay outy said cable to correspond y.with the changing positions of the carriage.

ttheopposite ends "of the carriage are .bell-crank levers 32 and 32 respectively fulcrumed by pivotal pins 33 to chairssecured' tothe carriage fra1ne`.` One arm of each ofsaid.' levers projectsbeyond'vthe ad- -Jacent end ofthe carriage and terminates In ahook, -as 35, or 35, whichnisnrranged' to -gyengage-in" a'soc'ket plate 3G, 01'36, secured to the pier when the carriage is moved thereagainst for the purpose of llatching. Triage against accidental movement away from apier and more especially'when appear Thes aft '19 is' driven through themedium'k isbeingshifted to or from the carriage with the car-,

-respect to the piers. The other arms 37 and 37 of said levers are directed upwardly, as indicated in Fig. 1.

38 represents a lcar loaded upon the carriage. ,At or near the ends of thecar are vertically disposed rods 39 extending through the car Hoor and normally held in their most elevated positions, as by means y of springs 4'0 acting between the rod shoulcured to a ders 39" and guides 41 near the lower ends of the rods. These rods are positioned so that they will be, in" the same vertical plane with the aforesaid lever arms 37 and 37 43 represents a trolley wire above the track upon a pier and a similar trolley wirel 4.4 is employed therewith on the carriage to connect withsame when the carriage is sepier. p

The operation of the invention may be explained as follows: When the carriage is at one end of its travel as, for example, at the right hand side of the vview (Flg. 1) .and with .the hook 35 of the .lever 32 engaged in the socketplate 36 of the pier 5, a car is'then propelled'by its owndriving mechanism to move the car onto the carriage. As the car thus travels the operator propulsion of the carriage to the other pier ofthe other lever is automatically engaged 5 and upon arriving t-hereat the hook 35 in the socket plate- 36 upon the other pier.

A The car is then moved byits propelling ma.-

tatopposite sides of a body of water, and a chineryffro-m the' carriage onto the trackG. i

VVhatI claim,.is--T y Y 1 'The combination with railway `tracks railway track submergedin said body of water, of a wheeled carriage mounted for tra'vel upon the last named track and between the terminals of the first .named tracks, a railway track upon said carriage, power means for effecting the travel of the same between said terminals, and means for securing the' carriage at the ends of its travel. v

2. Thecombination with railway track `at opposite sides of a body of water, and a railway track submerged in vsaid body of water, of a wheeled carriage mounted for travel upon the last named track, a railway 'track upon said carriage, power means -for 'effecting the travel of the same. between the terminals of the first named tracks, means for automatically securin the carriage at the ends of its travel, and means operated from a car for disengaging the'carrlage securing means. v

` 3. The combination withrailway tracks at opposite sides of a body of water, and a railway track submerged in said body 0f travel upon the last named track, a railway track upon said carriage, power ymeans op-l erable through the wheels of the carriage for effecting the tra-vel of the same between the terminals of the rst named tracks,'and

water, of a wheeled carriage mounted for means for securing the carriage at the ends of its travel.

4. The combination with railway tracks at oppositelsides of a body of water', a railway 4track submerged in such body of water,

a wheeled carriage operable upon the submerged track, means for effect-lng the locomotion of the carriage, a railway track on the carriage, hooked' levers provided at opposite ends of the carriage, and stationary socket devices in proximity to the ends of the first namedtracks and disposed'to be engaged by the hooks of theirespective levers, of a car, and manually operated means provided upon the car for engaging said levers whereby the same are actuated to disengage the levers from said socket devices.

, ROBERT O.'GALLINGER'. lVitnesses: v

PIERRE BARNES, HORACE BARNES.

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